When Dallas County became the first in Texas to announce a shelter-in-place order as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, caregiver organization Apple Care and Companion started getting calls from clients and their families almost immediately.
“We have quite a few clients in care facilities,” says Laurie Miller, president of Apple Care and Companion. “The facilities have not allowed any family members or non-essential employees to come in. One facility is not even allowing us in, which is bad because that client is a two person lift and now her husband can’t go see her. The reason we go there to begin with is because they couldn’t provide enough care.”
